Religions in Practice
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>An anthropological examination of religious practices. </I> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Religions in Practice</I> offers a unique perspective on how people engage in everyday religious practices — <I>such as prayer, sacrifice, initiation, and healing</I> — by investigating broad-scale issues, such as transnationalism, gender, and religious laws.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">No other text examines the full spectrum of religions, from small-scale societies to full-blown “world religious movements.” The in-depth treatment of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity is of particular interest to students, and is easily expanded to include field projects directly related to material covered in the text. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px" soNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <U>Learning Goals</U> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: </P> <UL> <LI>Understand the roles religions play in public life in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa’s modern societies. <LI>Discuss competing theories of religion and their applications. <LI>Understand the key ideas and practices of large-scale ‘world religions’ as well as smaller-scale ones. <LI>Discuss why we should approach religions in terms of their many and diverse practices.</LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>NOTE: </B>MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase the text with MySearchLab, order the package ISBN:</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>0205961045 / 9780205961047 Religions in Practice Plus MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Package consists of: </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">0205917666 / 9780205917662 Religions in Practice</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>
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